The relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies
This study aims to assess the effects of corporate governance attributes consists of proportion of independent directors, non-duality of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), board size and managerial ownership on environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies. Besides good financi...
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| author | Ong, Tze San Ng, Yen Hong Teh, Boon Heng Nur Fatin Kasbun, Kwan, Jing Hui |
| author_facet | Ong, Tze San Ng, Yen Hong Teh, Boon Heng Nur Fatin Kasbun, Kwan, Jing Hui |
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| description | This study aims to assess the effects of corporate governance attributes consists of proportion of independent directors,
non-duality of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), board size and managerial ownership on environmental disclosure quality of
Malaysian public listed companies. Besides good financial returns, companies today are also expected by its stakeholders
to contribute back to the society in terms of sustainability activities despite Malaysia is still in the midst of improving the
corporate governance. The composition of corporate board assistances in improving corporate performance remains
as an issue. Environmental improvement and contribution commonly made through environmental disclosure, however,
besides complying with regulations and being voluntary in reporting on environmental, the quality of the environmental
disclosure is still unclear. This study is carried out in Malaysia among companies in environmentally sensitive industry
as the operations of environmentally sensitive industry are considered to be more detrimental to the environment. Data
are extracted from companies’ annual reports over five years’ duration, namely year 2012 to 2016. The data collected is
being analyzed using panel data analysis. The proportion of independent directors and non-duality of CEO are significant
in improving the environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian listed companies. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:191772022-08-02T03:22:26Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19177/ The relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies Ong, Tze San Ng, Yen Hong Teh, Boon Heng Nur Fatin Kasbun, Kwan, Jing Hui This study aims to assess the effects of corporate governance attributes consists of proportion of independent directors, non-duality of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), board size and managerial ownership on environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies. Besides good financial returns, companies today are also expected by its stakeholders to contribute back to the society in terms of sustainability activities despite Malaysia is still in the midst of improving the corporate governance. The composition of corporate board assistances in improving corporate performance remains as an issue. Environmental improvement and contribution commonly made through environmental disclosure, however, besides complying with regulations and being voluntary in reporting on environmental, the quality of the environmental disclosure is still unclear. This study is carried out in Malaysia among companies in environmentally sensitive industry as the operations of environmentally sensitive industry are considered to be more detrimental to the environment. Data are extracted from companies’ annual reports over five years’ duration, namely year 2012 to 2016. The data collected is being analyzed using panel data analysis. The proportion of independent directors and non-duality of CEO are significant in improving the environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian listed companies. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19177/1/35867-118964-1-PB.pdf Ong, Tze San and Ng, Yen Hong and Teh, Boon Heng and Nur Fatin Kasbun, and Kwan, Jing Hui (2019) The relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies. Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 12 . pp. 1-12. ISSN 2180-3838 https://ejournal.ukm.my/ajac/issue/view/1225 |
| spellingShingle | Ong, Tze San Ng, Yen Hong Teh, Boon Heng Nur Fatin Kasbun, Kwan, Jing Hui The relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies |
| title | The relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_full | The relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_short | The relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_sort | relationship between corporate governance attributes and environmental disclosure quality of malaysian public listed companies |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19177/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19177/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19177/1/35867-118964-1-PB.pdf |